Homelessness
The Great Depression had many impacts on thousands of human's lives. Homelessness was one, and the most common known impact. The lost of jobs, and the inability to pay rents were some of the reasons to why many people became homeless. The more people that were homeless, they more competitive the job market became. Discrimination increased a drastic amount during this time, because Americans were in competition for a shrinking amount of jobs. Minorities were the ones who suffered that most (African Americans, Hispanics, and in the West, Asian Americans). The white workers demanding the low paying job that were normally filled with these minorities.
Typically, most homeless did anything to keep a roof over their head, including making shacks out of anything they could salvage, making Hoovervilles. The homeless built shacks out of tar paper, cardboard, and/or scrap material. These towns of shacks became known as Hoovervilles because the homeless believed it was the Presidents fault for the crisis. Not only were these people living in bad conditions, but it was dismaying to not own a house because you couldn't pay your rent. More so for the men because they were supposed to be the providers for the family. Living in "Hoovervilles" was very hard and stressful.
Typically, most homeless did anything to keep a roof over their head, including making shacks out of anything they could salvage, making Hoovervilles. The homeless built shacks out of tar paper, cardboard, and/or scrap material. These towns of shacks became known as Hoovervilles because the homeless believed it was the Presidents fault for the crisis. Not only were these people living in bad conditions, but it was dismaying to not own a house because you couldn't pay your rent. More so for the men because they were supposed to be the providers for the family. Living in "Hoovervilles" was very hard and stressful.
Starvation and Illness
Starvation and Illness damaged a lot of the country. Feeding themselves were nearly impossible for those who did not have a job had a hard time and paying the rent. Since they wasn't always available to food, being prone to illness was common. Living somewhere without a bathroom or running water was very unsanitary worsened the possibilities of children and adults going through severe sickness. Not only were most children suffering from long-term effects of a poor diet, to top it off medical care was unattainable. This was easily one of the worst impacts of the depression. Many people died because they had no money to pay for medication to treat illnesses, and it was very expensive. While others died because they had no money to pay for food. People were at their worst and it was not because they lost millions in stocks they invested. This was because they had nowhere to go, and no place to call their home.